Since moving I've been using baking soda since that's what my roommate uses. I like that it's safe for the environment and cheap, but I find the combination of it and "letting it mellow" means the toilet is dirty after two days. It's driving me nuts!

I used to use 7th Generation spray, I think, and I could go about a week. Anyone got any toilet miracle workers?

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I usually use just a spritz of Sun & Earth all purpose spray and some baking soda and vinegar and it stays clean for a week or so. but I never let it mellow, so yeah that could be the problem.

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I dump in hydrogen peroxide before work in the morning, scrub at night. Then, scrub the rest with baking soda. We mellow, and the bowl has a very, very slight ring that never seems to come off, but the rest is sparkling clean.

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Eh, we let it mellow in general, but make sure to not leave pee sitting in the toilet for more than a couple hours, and ALWAYS flush at night before bed. Never had a problem with smell as long as we clean the toilet frequently. I'm sure that it's not great for the enamel, but a few hours of pee that is flushed before it starts to chemically decompose (which you can smell) probably isn't going to do much damage.

As for cleaning products, I use hydrogen peroxide. I figure it's probably the most eco-friendly cleaner since it decomposes into plain water.

Eh, we let it mellow in general, but make sure to not leave pee sitting in the toilet for more than a couple hours, and ALWAYS flush at night before bed. Never had a problem with smell as long as we clean the toilet frequently. I'm sure that it's not great for the enamel, but a few hours of pee that is flushed before it starts to chemically decompose (which you can smell) probably isn't going to do much damage.

Same here. I usually flush every few hours because I pee a lot and don't want the toilet to clog from all the toilet paper. I always flush it before bed too. We never smell anything, but I clean the toilet on Wednesdays and Sundays. I like the Better Life toilet bowl cleaner. I never considered using hydrogen peroxide! I'll try that.

However, I think the toilet might make a difference, too, as far as how long you can let it mellow. We installed Totos with the sanigloss coating on the bowl when we remodeled and they are amazing. You can take the biggest dump ever and the bowl will still be shiny white. :) The toilets we replaced? Not such a great track record.

I use whatever eco cleaner is on sale and clean my toilets once or twice a week. We mellow because we all pee so much and I am a stickler for being cheap and conserving water as much as we can. I hope my toilets don't start looking nasty since they are brand new. I should really flush before bedtime and when we leave for work.

So what is toilet grossesness really determined by? I'm pretty upset by having to clean my toilet every week because in my last house I think I cleaned it once? in the whole year I lived there. And both places I was the only one using it so I'm having trouble blaming anyone else for how gross it looks.

is there anything we can put in while we're mellowing to reduce it's erosive qualities? like maybe a pinch of baking soda or something? (i guess it depends on whether your pee is acidic or alkaline.) and FYI, if you have diabetes, letting it mellow will make the bowl stain faster.